Beacon Falls station
Beacon Falls | |||||||||||
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 Beacon Falls station in September 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1 Railroad Avenue Beacon Falls, Connecticut | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°26′27″N 73°03′47″W / 41.4407°N 73.0631°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | ConnDOT[1] | ||||||||||
| Operated by | ConnDOT and Metro-North Railroad[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | 28 spaces[2] | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 51 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 14 daily boardings[3] | ||||||||||
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Beacon Falls station is a commuter rail stop on the Waterbury Branch of the Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, located in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. With just 14 daily passengers as of 2018, the station is one of the least used stations in the entire Metro-North system.
After closing in 1949, the station reopened on October 27, 1991. When the station closed, it was a flag stop served by one train a day per direction.[4]
Station layout
[edit]The station has one low-level side platform to the east of the single track, long enough for one door of one car to receive and discharge passengers.[citation needed]
The station is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation, but Metro-North is responsible for maintaining platform lighting as well as trash and snow removal.[1] The station has 28 parking spaces operated by the town of Beacon Falls.[1][2]
As of 2024[update], the state plans to add an accessible high-level platform at the station, with construction to take place from 2025 to 2027.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Office of Rail, Bureau of Public Transportation (January 2007). "New Haven Line Train Station Visual Inspection, Summary Report" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation.
- ^ a b "Task 2: Technical Memorandum parking Inventory and Utilization: Final Report" submitted by Urbitran Associates Inc. to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, "Table 1: New haven Line Parking Capacity and Utilization", page 6, July 2003 Archived July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Metro-North 2018 Weekday Station Boardings. Metro-North Railroad Market Analysis/Fare Policy Group. April 2019. p. 6.
- ^ Glucksman, Randy (November 1991). "Commuter Rail Notes" (PDF). New York Division ERA Bulletin. 34 (11). Electric Railroaders' Association: 6.
- ^ "Waterbury Line High-Level Platforms and Waterbury Waiting Room Final Design" (PDF). Connecticut Department of Transportation. November 18, 2024.
External links
[edit]Media related to Beacon Falls station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro-North station page for Beacon Falls
- List of upcoming Metro-North train departure times and track assignments from MTA
- Connecticut Department of Transportation "Condition Inspection for the Naugatuck Station" July 2002
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